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J.L. Sullivan Named President

Smit International (Americas)

Offices Opened In New York

Smit International of Rotterdam has an- nounced the organization of a United States subsidiary, Smit International (Americas),

Inc., as of October 1, 1973. The new company will have its offices at Suite 1227, 17 Battery

Place, New York, N.Y., and will be under the direction of J.L. Sullivan Jr., as president.

In addition to overseeing many of the Smit interests in this hemisphere, Smit International (Americas), Inc. will also represent in the Uni- ted States most of the Smit Group of compa- nies such as Smit International Ocean Towage and Salvage Company, Smit Tak International

Salvage Company, and Smit International Ma- rine Services. Biehl & Company will continue to represent Smit in the Southwest United

States. Smit International (Americas), Inc. will also act as managers for Smit Moran American

Salvage, in which Moran Towing and Trans- portation Company of New York and Smit

International are partners.

Smit International (Americas), Inc. will share the respresentation of Smit & Cory In- ternational Port Towages with the Cory or- ganization in New York, Cory Mann George

Corporation.

Smit is well known throughout the world for their feats in ocean towing and salvage, with their tugs ranging in power up to 11,000 ihp.

Smit Tak International Salvage Company is presently executing a large wreck removal undertaking in Bangladesh for the United Na- tions, an ongoing project that will last several more months. It is the second time the United

Nations has called upon the Smit organization -S=s=

H52- for their special expertise, the first time being in 1957 as managers of the Suez Canal Clear- ance.

In addition to their harbor fleets in Rotter- dam and Europort, Smit also enjoys a sub- stantial interest in one of the world's largest supply vessel fleets—Smit Lloyd. •••••••HBl jMMjffliS ffiaF*H • • ;' itsi •

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WILLIAM E. CLEARY HONORED: Wil- liam E. Cleary, president of the New York

Towboat & Harbor Carriers Association and national secretary-treasurer of The American

Waterways Operators, is shown receiving The

Rudder Club's "Golden Quill Award" at its annual New York Port Industries Night Din- ner, which was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Commodore.

Shown above, left to right, are: Bert Guido, president of A.G.Ship Maintenance Corpora- tion and general chairman of the affair; Thomas

J. Giardino, traffic manager of the Marchessini

Steamship Lines and dais chairman ; Mr. Cleary, and Clifford M. Palmer, vice president of Lee & Palmer and commodore of the maritime or- ganization.

Mr. Cleary, honored guest at the affair, has been associated for a j>eriod of 20 years with

The New York Towboat & Harbor Carriers

Association, which is a Marine Trade Asso- ciation composed of over 50 companies operat- ing in excess of 1,200 vessels such as tugboats, barges, motor-tankers, lighters and scows on the waters of New York Harbor, the Hudson

River and Long Island Sound.

He also represents the carriers and shippers on the State Barge Canal System in his capa- city as Executive Secretary of the New York

State Waterways Association, Inc.

In addition, Mr. Cleary is the secretary- treasurer of The American Waterways Opera- tors, Inc., the nationwide Association of the barge and towing vessel industry.

The three Associations maintain joint and staff facilities at 17 Battery Place, New York

City.

In June of this year, he was the recipient of the Franz W. Siche'l Award for distinguished public service at the 90th Commencement Ex- ercises at La Salle Military Academy.

Mr. Cleary's numerous appearances before legislative and governmental regulatory bodies have earned for him the title of "The Voice of

The Waterways."

Last March, Mr. Cleary was named "Man of the Year" by The Foreign Commerce Club of New York and received a commemorative plaque at the Club's annual Port of New York

Banquet.

Mr. Cleary is a member of the New York

Port Promotion Association, the Harbor and

Shipping Committee of the New York Cham- ber of Commerce, the New York-New Jersey

Port Preparedness Planning Committee operat- ing under the auspices of the U.S. Maritime

Administration, The Propeller Club of the

United States, the Whitehall Club and the

Downtown Athletic Club of N.Y.C.

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